Search results for query: laundry chute

I've had search, and can find nothing recent about the building control requirements for a laundry chute.. I've read the planning fire spread - information from the portal.. and am sill a bit lost. . Are they ok - if I have a fire door on the top? Do I need to have the opening at a certain...

Hi, I'm thinking of installing a laundry chute in my house, I don't think its a common household facility in the UK as I have never heard of or know anyone who has one. I'm interested because it will make life easier as I have a large family... I'm thinking of installing it from the...

Hello. I am thinking about putting a laundry chute from an upstairs toilet into my garage/utility room. I was wondering if there were any relevant building regs I should be aware of. Because the upstairs toilet isn't really big enough to for the chute, I was thinking of having a...

Hi, I posted yesterday about a hopeful extension we want to embark on soon. My one idea was that I would love, no NEED, a laundry chute to make life easier. Does anyone know if it possible and how to make it safe? I would like it to go from the new bathroom straight down into the utility...

Hi all, We are installing a laundry chute in our Victorian home and want access via the landing, which means cutting a 300mm square hole in a brick wall. We will mount a safe fire door on both ends. How do I work out if I need to put a steel lintel in above a brick and a half by 3 brick...

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...recently joined this forum for an issue with a boiler. I had a self build done which completed in May 2014 and in that house I had a laundry chute installed. The chute is essentially a hole between the ground and first floor lined with MDF. On the first floor the chute is accessed via a...

Well it is slightly mad but why not? Its your house after all! Usually designed for commercial premises‘, they can look somewhat utilitarian, no doubt one of the commercial firms would be happy to supply you with everything you need. Essentially though, for a house, its just a hole through the...

Christ! Given the height of the building vs its footprint, these shafts would be almost vertical. Half the users would probably die of fright, while the other half would be fighting with the firefighters for another go!

I was thinking more like a permanent arrangement in a protected environment within the building, with access 'chutes' from each floor. Kinda like the old laundry chutes. But your idea has been in use before.

You probably don't need a lintel at all, for that size opening structurally. As a rule, a PCC lintel would do.

There are definitely regulations - they are just written to be very broad and do not get down to the detail of stuff like laundry chutes. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2214/schedule/1/made For example, go down to B3, Internal fire spread (structure). It doesn't mention any...